How Russian Trolls Helped Keep the Women’s March Out of Lock Step

Sep 24, 2022 20:18

Ellen Barry · The New York Times

As American feminists came together in 2017 to protest Donald Trump, Russia’s disinformation machine set about deepening the divides among them.

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Has The Zodiac Killer Mystery Been Solved (Again)?

Aaron Gell · Los Angeles Magazine

For more than 50 years, his identity has remained a maddening riddle. But now an L.A. novelist-turned-amateur sleuth may have finally cracked the case.

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This Is the Most Bizarre Grammar Rule You Probably Never Heard Of

Minda Zetlin · Inc.

But I’ve been following it all my life, and so have you.

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How the Trapper Keeper Shaped a Generation of Writers

Jess deCourcy Hinds · Literary Hub

On the most popular school supply of all time.

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The Cheating Scandal Roiling the Chess World Has a New Wrinkle

Bill Chappell · NPR

World champion Magnus Carlsen abruptly resigned after making a single move in his highly anticipated rematch with Hans Niemann. Calls have increased for an investigation.

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The Case of the Disputed Lucian Freud

Sam Knight · The New Yorker

In the spring of 1997, an art collector in Geneva received a call from a contact at the city’s office of bankruptcies and legal proceedings.

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Rattling the Cage: “My Business Was Boredom.”

Rhian Sasseen · The Baffler

The nameless protagonist of Henry James’s 1898 novella “In the Cage” finds her counterpart in the modern-day social media manager.

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Darth Vader’s Voice Emanated From War-Torn Ukraine

Anthony Breznican · Vanity Fair

As the conflict raged, Ukrainian tech workers at Respeecher hurried to bring back James Earl Jones’s legendary voice for “Obi-Wan Kenobi”.